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Pain In Your Jaw And Teeth Can Be Caused By Muscles

I have heard horror stories about people having teeth removed because they were painful.  But the problem is that the teeth were innocent!

After the tooth or teeth were pulled, the people still had tooth pain.  The teeth were removed but the original cause of the pain wasn’t treated.

There is a strap-like muscle that attaches your lower jaw to your upper jaw.  It allows you to chew and clench your teeth.  It is called the massater.  There is one on each side of your face.

When the massater develops trigger points (hyper-irritable areas of muscle that cause pain) it feels like the pain is in your teeth!

If you have pain on the top and bottom teeth on one whole side of your mouth there is a very good chance that the massater muscle is to blame.

Here’s the treatment:

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Jaw Pain – Causes & Natural Cures for TMJ

Having a forward head  posture puts a lot of strain on the muscles of your neck and jaw.  Having a “forward head” means that your head (and often one or both shoulders, too) are in front of your body.

Where should your head be instead?

Well, when you were a toddler, it was pretty much directly over your body and that’s still where it should be.  Due to habits, furniture, car seats, work and life, sometimes our head moves out in front of us.

That causes a lot of symptoms and temporo-mandibular joint (TMJ)  pain, or pain and difficulty moving your jaw, can be one of those symptoms.

If chewing has been painful for you…

or if it’s been hard to open or move your jaw…

or if it feels as Continue reading “Jaw Pain – Causes & Natural Cures for TMJ”

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Muscles in Your Jaw Cause TMJ or Jaw Pain

Do you have pain in your jaw?  Is it hard to open and close your mouth?  Do you clamp your teeth together without even thinking about it?

Did you know that there are muscles around the joint of your jaw that will cause these symptoms?  Let’s talk about those muscles and about that joint–the temporomandibular joint or TMJ.

If you have pain around your TMJ, you may have TMJD.  TMJD means dysfunction of the TMJ.  That means it doesn’t work as easily as it should.

There are muscles inside your mouth, outside your mouth and in your cheeks that can be tight.  They can Continue reading “Muscles in Your Jaw Cause TMJ or Jaw Pain”

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TMJ Pain – Causes of Pain in Your Jaw

TMJ is shorthand for Temporomandibular Joint.  That refers to your temple area and your jaw bone (mandible.)  The joint is supposed to move smoothly but when it doesn’t you may end up with a diagnosis of TMJ Dysfunction or TMJD.

What can cause your TMJ to stop moving smoothly?

  • An injury or trauma that causes the joint to dislocate.
  • Overuse of the powerful jaw muscles in certain positions.
  • Sleeping always on the same side which may cause your jaw to “drop” to one side.
  • Having a “forward head” posture which puts a lot of strain on your neck and jaw muscles.
  • Dental work which Continue reading “TMJ Pain – Causes of Pain in Your Jaw”
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